i decided to hang it up and go back to law school. all think the stock market as i would never have been able to make enough let's be clear an index fund would have made me nothing at all. go small, invest in what you know and research it intensely. back then i got old data from the library. now the information is free. and of course the conference calls that i tell you are musts if you are going to know what you are doing. simple? is no. lucrative you bet it is. dian in new york. >> question, wouldn't it be considered a quote good rate of return? >> i think what you are always trying to do is measure it against bonds if you can get something against the risk free rate and the tax on it, then you are going to do real well, if you look the ten year, you can measure against the 30 year, you want to get six, seven, 8. you are doing great. john in north carolina john? >> hey john? >> hey, what is going on. >> not much how are you. >> doing good. so, i'm new to the market and i've been watching the show and reading the "mad money" book whi